Rainwear



1952 H. B. ACKERMAN, JR., ETAL 2,620,477

- RAINWEAR Filed Feb. 15, 1950 INVENTORS.

BY Harold B. Ackermon,Jr.

Beatrice ConnonCulberfson ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 9, 1952 RAINWEAE HaroldB. Ackerman, Jr., Brooklyn, and Beatrice Cannon Culbertson, New York, N.Y.

Application February 15, 1950, Serial No. 144,236

2 Claims.

The invention relates to improvements in rainwear and has for itsobjects: first, to provide a convenient and adequate waterproofprotective covering for emergencies at such a low cost as to beconsidered expendable by the average consumer after one or morewearings; second, to provide adjustable features in the neck opening topermit the wearer to accommodate any seasonal clothing; third, toprovide adjustable features in the side closings eliminating moreexpensive conventional closings; fourth, to provide an emergencyprotective covering that can be packaged small enough to conservedisplay and counter space and thereby be displayed at convenientlocations such as cigar stands, newspaper stands, drug stores and thelike, thus being readily available.

Although rainwear has heretofore been designed utilizing inexpensivewaterproof materials, the execution of such designs involves such laborthat the production costs would be prohibitive for expendable rainwear.And, heretofore, rainwear has been manufactured with stitched orheat-sealed seams in order to provide adequate coverage and employedconventional closings as snaps, -ties, hooks and eyes, zippers, buttons,et cetera. We use waterproof material, particularly polyethylene, insuch a manner as to eliminate costly seams and yet provide an adjustableneck opening and provide adjustable side closings by use of inexpensivepressure sensitive adhesive tape, thereby eliminating costly factors inboth labor and materials.

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing is a flat view of the invention;Figure 2 is a perspective of the invention; Figure 3 is a fragmentaryview showing shoulder closing for the complete protection. This versionis most feasible for sheet form of polyethylene. Figure 4 is a fiat viewof another version of the invention, with the cut depending on theoptional use of tubular form of polyethylene which when split, provideswider sheets than standard widths of sheeting. Figure 5 is a front viewof this version in use.

In Figures 1, 2, and 3: At the center of the waterproof material I, is aslit for neck opening 2. At each end of the neck opening 2 arereinforcement tapes 3. Back section 4. Front section 5. The neck opening2, is adjustable by the optional placement of one single coated adhesivetab, 6. Single coated pressure sensitive adhesive tape tabs, I, are usedfor adjustable side closings. Also single coated pressure sensitiveadhesive tabs, 8, are placed about three inches to the rear of the neckopening 2, on each side of back section, 4, and by bringing each tab, 8,across the chest as shown in Figure 3, affords more complete coveragefor the wearer as well as allowing freedom of arm movement.

In Figures 4 and. 5: In waterproof material, I, are slits as shown at 9and I0. Tapes, II, are used for reinforcements on slits 9 and I0. Theseslits 9 and I0 indicated by broken lines,

divide material into upper front sections I2 and I3, back section I4 andfront skirt sections I5 and I6, indicated by dotted lines. Adhesive tabsI1 and I8 are placed on side edge of section I6 for adjustable frontclosing and adhesive tab I9 for adjustable upper front closing. Point 26is to be placed at the nape of the neck by the wearer, bringing sectionI2 over the shoulder and across the chest, and then criss crossing withsection I3, then fastening section I3 to section I2 securely with tabI9, as shown in Figure 5. As shown in Figure 5, panels I2 and I3 and theupper portion of I4 provide a cape-like effect to the hipline affordingfreedom of arm movement as well as more complete coverage. Bring frontskirt sections I5 and I6 together with section I6 overlapping I5, theseare held in place by adhering tabs H. To hold skirt section in place,tab I8 is adhered to panel I2.

We claim:

1. A rain protector comprising a sheet of water repellant material oftrapezoidal shape having two parallel and two non-parallel sides, saidsheet having a slit therein perpendicular to the shorter side of the twoparallel sides of said sheet, said sheet also havin a pair of slitstherein extending inwardly from both of the non-parallel sides, saidslits being parallel to the parallel sides and forming flaps, a pressuresensitive adhesive tape secured adjacent to one of said non-parallelsides near the shorter of said parallel sides and a plurality ofpressure sensitive adhesive tapes secured to one of said flaps adjacentto the side of said flap formed by one of said non-parallel sides, aportion of each of said pressure sensitive adhesive tapes extendingoutwardly from said sheet.

2. A rain protector as claimed in claim 1 wherein said first-mentionedslit extends substantially one-third the distance between said twoparallel sides and wherein said second mentioned pair of slits arelocated a distance from the longer of said two parallel sidesapproximately equal to one-third the distance between said two parallelsides.

HAROLD B. ACKERM'AN, JR. BEATRICE CANNON CULBERTSON.

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